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- "Proclamation". Queensland Government Gazette . 18 February 1908. p. 90:455–457.
- Hughes, Colin A.; Graham, B. D. (1968). A handbook of Australian government and politics, 1890-1964. Canberra: Australian National University. p. 173. ISBN 0-7081-0270-0.
